Squad or Traditional : Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:29 am  

Numbers, that is.

Which do you prefer and why ?

Re: Squad or Traditional : Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:41 am  

Squad numbers for me especially if we are playing more games at DVS. The players are further away and it takes longer to recognise some new players at the start of the season. Thank heavens for bright coloured boots.
I mean when Menzie first arrived we were only able to say it's him because of his large white boots.

The assumption is that it's slightly cheaper for the club if each player has his own shirt because you only have to have one size say for number 6? I say slightly cheaper because a smaller guy is unlikely to play at 8 or 10 and vice versa you aren't going to get someone the size of Jack and Mitch playing at 1, 2 etc.

I'd like to see players "within reason up to 99" choose their own number like American sports.

There should be no hard and fast rules imposed by the RFL so let the clubs who want trad have that and those who don't have squad numbers.

Re: Squad or Traditional : Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:03 am  

Yeah, you're absolutely right about duplicating numbers.

But we only duplicate about six so the cost is pretty neutral. Forget about that aspect. If anything, traditional 1-17 is slightly cheaper.

Re: Squad or Traditional : Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:19 am  

Couldn't care less.

You can tell there's not much going on if that's all you can find to talk about, if only we'd beaten Halifax.

Re: Squad or Traditional : Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:24 am  

E.S.O wrote:

Couldn't care less.

You can tell there's not much going on if that's all you can find to talk about, if only we'd beaten Halifax.

It's more topical than you think.

[Hillsborough Lad]

Re: Squad or Traditional : Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:59 am  

Squad numbers for me. Like Airborne says, at DVS, you can't always work out who the player wearing a certain number is.

Re: Squad or Traditional : Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:22 pm  

To be fair, at DVS, the numbers are just for the ref to write in his notebook.